The Czech Republic is launching a second project to purchase ammunition for Ukraine called Initiative 2025, which will involve five arms manufacturing companies.
This was announced by the Czech Defense Minister Jana Černohová in an interview with the Czech media outlet Deník N, Radiosvoboda reports.
This is a natural extension of the existing mechanism. In addition, the sooner donors allocate funds, the sooner our companies will sign long-term contracts, – the minister said.
Černohová noted that the Czech Republic would again act as an intermediary between donors – European countries and five arms companies that have already supplied ammunition under the first Czech initiative.
According to the publication, five companies will participate in the second project: Czechoslovak Group, STV Group, Omnipol, Colt CZ Group SE, and the DSS arms company.
The day before, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said that Ukraine would receive another 100,000 rounds of ammunition in July and August as part of the Czech initiative to purchase shells. According to him, 18 countries have joined the initiative so far, and 15 of them have already fulfilled their promises and made their contributions. This means that there is enough money to supply 500,000 rounds of ammunition to Ukraine by the end of the year.
